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Table 1 Conventions

Book Title

Title of a book or other document.

command

Command name or qualified command phrase.

user input

Commands and other text that you type.

computer output

Text displayed by the computer.

Enter

The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the same key. A sequence such as Ctrl+A indicates that you must hold down the key labeled Ctrl while pressing the A key.

variable

The name of an environment variable, for example PATH or errno.

value

A value that you replace in a command or function, or information in a display that represents several possible values.

find(1)

Manual page (manpage). In this example, “find” is the manpage name and “1” is the manpage section.

 

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